Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-11-11


acterized, hardly need say, 10y that pos
itivcness OF opinion that distinguishes the
unproressional. In another part Of the
room, it 50 CHANGED that Mistress Thank
full and the baron were talking about
themselves; che assembly balls: who was
the pretticst woman in Morristown and
whether Gen. WashingtCn's attentions to-
Mistress pync were only perfWrtory gal
! lantry, or what; aud if Lady Westinghouse
hair was really gray; and if that young
aide dc-camp, Maj. Van Zandt, were really
| in love with Lady w, or whether his at
ten,ons were only the zeal of a subaltern
/ in the midst of which u sudden gust Of
wiLd shook the house; and Mr.. Blossoms
going to the front door, came back with
! the announcement that it was showing
heavily
And indeed, within that past hour, to
their astonished eyes the whole face of M
ture had changed. The moon was gone,
the sky hidden in binding, whirling
swarm Of singing flakes The wind, bit
ter and strong, had already fashioned
white feathery drifts upon the THRESHOLD
over the painted benches on the porch
and against the door posts.
Mistress Thankful and the baron had
walked to the rear door-thc baron with
q slight tropical shudder-to view this
meteorological change. As Mistress
Thankful looked over the snowy land
scape it seemed to her that all record of
her past experience had been effaced; her
very footprints of an hour before We're lost
the gray wall on which she leahed was
white and spo,less now; even the familiar
! Il md
ghostly. Had she been there? had she seen
the captain? was it all fancy? She
scarcely knew.
A sudden gust of wind closed the door
behind them with crash, and sent Mis-"
tress Thankful with Il slight feminine
scream forward iIto the outer darkness,
But the baron caught her by the waist and
saved her from heaven knows what mag
Unable disaster; and the scene ended in q
half hysterical laugh. But the wind then
set upon them both with a malevolent
fury; and the baron was, | presume,
obliged to draw her closer to his side,
They were alone, save for the presence
e of those mischievous confederateS, nature
e and opportunity. In the half obscurity Of
4 the storm she could not help turning her
{ mischievous eyes on his. But she was
4 perhaps surprised to find them luminous,
: soft, and as it seemed to her at that mo
-, ment, grave beyond the occasion. All
, embarrassment utterly new and singular
G seized upon her; and when, as she half
II feared yet half expected, he bent down
u and pressed his lips to hers, she was for e
$ moment poweress. But in the next in
4 slant she boxed his ears sharply and van
| to- 81. Il HOY
/ opened the door to the baron he was sur
prised to find that gentleman alone, and
}, still more surprised when they re-entered
h the house, to see Mistress Thankful enter
II al the same moment demurcly from the
q front door
IS When Mr.. Blossom knocked at his
IS daughters door the next morning II
# opened upon her completely dressed, but
% wthal somewhat pale, and if the truth
+ must be told, a little surly.
e "And you were stirring so early, Thank
l. full" he said; "twould have been but
= decent to have hidden godspeed to the
l. guests, especially the baron, who seemed
D much concerned at your absence
4 Miss Thankful blushed slightly, but an
v swercd with savage celebrity, And since
II when is it necessary that | should dance
s., attendance upon every foreign jack in the
y box that may lie at the house,
= lie has SHOWN great courtesy to you,
mistress, and is Il gentleman"
y Courtesy, indeed'' said Mistress
y Thankful.
h ''IIe has not presumably said Mr. Bios
Ill som suddenly, bringing his cold gray eyes
ne to bear upon his daughters.
''No, no." said Thankful hurriedly.
haa'u. BRIGHT scarlet; "but-nOth.ug-
Of Bat what have YOU there; Il letter."
st ''Ay--fyoln the captain, | warrant,
IN said Mr. Blossom, handing her three
cornered bit of paper; twas left here by
'd q camp follower. Thankful" he con-
to tinued, with meaning glance, you will
lit heed my counsel in season The captain
I'd is not meet for such as YOU
s. Thankful suddenly grew pale and con-
temptuous again rs she snatchcd the letter
as from his hand. when his retiring foot.
)" steps were lost on the stairs she regained
her color, and opened the letter. 1t was
ed slovenly written, grievously misspelled,
- and read as follows;
is "SwEETHEART: \ tyranous Act, be
Il gotten in Envy and Jealousie, keeps me
t. here prisoner Last night | was BaGely
i arrested by Servile Hands for that Free
as dom of Thought and Expression for w.ich
- l have already Sacrificed SO much-ayc all
by that Man hath but love and Honour, But
ny the End is Near. When for the Mantle
er nance of Power the Liberties of the PEG
st pies are subdued by Martial Supremacy
and The Dictates of Ambition the State is
vs. Lost / lie in Vile Bondage here in Nor
Mt riStovn uulpr charge of DiSreSDeCk
he that twclvemonth -ast left home anl
Respectable Connexions to serve my
We Country Believe me still your own love
ch albeit in the Power of Tyrants and con
he demned il may Ike to the scatfold.
"The Messenger is Trustworthy and vii
.ly speed safely to me such rs you may deliver